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Unimportant Verse 9

Story by makyo on SoFurry

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#9 of Unimportant Verse About Important People

Tightly wound springs

Of very carefully

Not touching.

Secret words

To be said

With confidence.

Rules.

Prohibitions.

Limits.

Discussions planned,

Side-channels arranged,

Whiskey purchased.

And now anxiety

Over what it means

And how to work it.

Is it worth it for

Long-standing questions

To be answered?

To invite disaster

For sake of knowledge

And further dreams?

Maybe the answer

Is that tired refrain:

Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps.

And now we're

Awaiting weeks

Of careful touches.

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Unimportant Verse 10

I could never tell you that you feel too much. That you feel too hard, or that your feelings overwhelm and overtake you. I could never tell you how beautiful that is. That I wish I could feel those things, that I wish I could feel that way. ...

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Unimportant Verse 6

Complementary, clashing anxieties. Dull clamor of intersecting feelings. Need, desire, craving, jealousy. Worry, fear, care, prayerful fretting. Love, lust, friendship, a need to share. Emotions on emotions on emotions, and, often, comfortable...

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Unimportant Verse 5

"Comrade" would I call you, and "brave," and "fierce" and "true". "Lovely" have I called you, and hope but to live up to the example which you set for me. So, comrade, onward, ever onward. I know I cannot hope to offer much but word on cloying...

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